Is http.CloseNotify completely replaced by http.Request.Context (). Done ()?

Question

Go 1.7 Added context to http.Request. Does it completely replace http.CloseNotify? Should I choose this now and not bother with CloseNotify?

Answer 1

Yes, but only in Go 1.8+. APIs existed in Go 1.7, but only before Go 1.8 disconnected the client interface, the Request Context was called, so in Go 1.7 there was still a valid use of CloseNotifier.

(Source: I added “context” to the standard library and am the author of the net / http package.)